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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
3
The fragment outlines tensions in the Balkans with references to Turkey Russia and Albania amid a broader continental crisis. It hints at insurrection, international shunning, and naval concerns affecting Crete and surrounding regions, with strong geopolitical stakes implied.
Reported clashes at Samos involving Italian and British forces amid Turkish control and a push toward independence by Nicaria, with dispatches unsettled and European powers weighing actions. Separate note says war material shipments to Serbia halted by Turkish authorities near Sulanki on the Thames front.
In Peoria the dream of a 11 year old girl led to a review of indictments against Newton C. Dougherty, former head of the city schools. The study revealed the true bills were faulty, averting possible trial. Mike Lillian Adams, secretary to State's Attorney Scholes, read the documents and found the error.
New Orleans report says a rich oil field has been found in Colombian territory within one day’s journey of the Panama Canal. Gerald Hamilton, editor of the Panama City Star English section, notes officials of the Panama Canal Commission and American capitalists are examining the district. A German reportedly struck oil at a shallow depth nearby.
Vincennes Ind Sept 24 Henry Cook a trencher for a company laying sanitary sewer系统 was rescued after being buried alive under tons of dirt at the bottom of a 25 foot manhole Cook remained in his perilous position five hours.
Correctionville Iowa September 24. The local high school halted football for this year citing last year’s on field tragedy that cost center Roland Schneckloth his life. Players shift to train the fastest northwest basketball team.
Rey York reports ongoing dissolution battles over Standard Oil assets with hearings, government observations, and potential reopening of a high profile trust case. Untermyer and government counsel press Taft for access to information as talks span Washington and New York outlets.
In Pensacola Florida on September 4 a package with fifty five thousand dollars in currency disappeared from an express shipment for Louisville Nashville pay car at Fromaton Alabama. The money was found today at the rear of the bank by the building’s negro janitor.
Three hundred Rockford high school pupils earned a total of 10 500 during vacation months. They reported to Principal Briggs. Captain John Doyie received 125 as part of a cement gang. Most girls earned income from domestic science work.
News from Charleston West Virginia reports Governor Glasscock faced a challenge in federal court over martial law powers in Virginia. The suit tests the authority of the governor’s wartime measures while the state is not formally at war, with allegations against the military commission and its officials. The case names Majors, colonels, and counsel involved and seeks to clarify lawful wartime authority.
Philadelphia Sept 24 Porner Councilman William Burie resigned his seat under a murky cloud after an apparent alias case. He reportedly claimed to hold 4100 belonging to AL HL Peter proprietor of a tiger Store, who helped him briefly before Burie vanished. The community wonders where he has gone and what fate awaits the accused.
Police were called to quell a pupil protest in New York on September 24. About 1,500 public school students gathered to oppose transfers of their principals, damaged windows, disrupted janitorial staff, and harassed nonparticipants outside two schools.
Paris dispatch reports 115 people drowned on the northern Dvina near Archangel after a collision between two steamers. The Obnevikna, with 160 aboard, sank rapidly leaving only 35 survivors.
Baltimore officials warn that bookmaking at Havre De Grace race track this afternoon will bring arrests and rearrests. Harford County Agricultural Breeding Association officers will enforce the law, with Baltimore police called in if county authorities fail to act.
Des Moines Iowa Sept 24 Wendell Boyer son of a Ankeny storekeeper and Emma Frankhouser daughter of a Chardan farmer eloped and married in Des Moines. They are charged with deserting a baby left with a neighbor two weeks ago and died yesterday. The bride called her father for help.
Heavy rains in Grand Forks North Dakota have left grain in shock thoroughly sparked and in a serious condition. Sprouts appear in almost every shock and officials claim the damage will be heavy.
Rock Island Illinois March 24 faculty of Augustina College served notice on sorority members to disband immediately or face denial of spring term registration.
Reports from Salt Lake City and nearby areas detail widening unrest among Creeks and other workers over plans by Utah Copper to use shovels at the Ebang pits. Governor Spry intervened, and rumors of strike breakers via agent Skliris circulated, provoking calls for removal of Skliris to ease tensions. Talks of broader union actions and possible mobilization of Nevada Consolidated and other mines followed as crews prepared to join the strike, amid guards patrolling roads and sporadic gunfire, with no clear resolution in sight.
In Chicara on September 24, Jacob Toy Guthrie, a college graduate and former teacher on trial for alleged $250,000 theft from society households, caused panic by tossing a cuspidor at a deputy sheriff and snarling during the hearing. Authorities may commit him to an asylum. his cell contained a dazzling display of jewelry and silks.
London reports half of a $50,000,000 Chinese loan will be offered in London for subscription on Thursday or Friday this week. Charles Birch Crisp of the Anglo-Russian bank says the loan should move forward with Lloyds Insurance bank as sponsor. Despite banker doubt, latest Peking signals strengthen the six power coalition’s position.
An untamed elephant charged a Mullaition Vilankulam mail coach in the northern province of Ceylon, striking the driver with a trunk blow and smashing the vehicle into a telegraph pole. Passengers were thrown clear and sought refuge in a culvert after the attack reported from Colombo.
Shenandoah Iowa September 23 aviator Frussell Blair Kansas City was killed after a 30 foot fall during an exhibition. His machine a Curtis type crashed pinning him beneath wreckage. He had just scored a successful flight and was attempting to rise when an air current toppled the craft. Blair was identified as a Frank Tilak employee of the Kansas City post office.
Corélaine Ireland September 23 five houses were wrecked in a riot at Londonderry after a meeting of unionists in Gullahall presided by the Duke of Abercon. Nationalists stoned torch bearers and bandsmen of the unionists while Sir Edward Curgon and other unionist leaders, opposing home rule in Ulster, received an enthusiastic reception.
Miss Clare Green, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Green of York Nebraska, died at midnight after a car driven by Miller O Hara overturned three times while attempting to pass another vehicle on a road north of town. Miss Green was trapped beneath the wreckage. Horn escaped unhurt.
Washington September 23. Secretary MacVeagh to issue new currency in a few weeks reducing size by one third and redesigning notes. New notes will measure six by two and a half inches versus seven and twenty eight one hundredths by three and four tenths currently. Change will take eighteen months to complete.
Virginia Minn Sept 23 A pet cat with rabies bitten Harry Hanson of Mountain Iron. The boy was taken to St Paul for pasteur treatment. The cat was killed and its head sent to the state board of health for examination confirming rabies.
The in Iowa report states that Mrs Aba Jackson of Madrid was fatally injured when her skirts became entangled with the flywheel of a gasoline engine used for churning. Her husband discovered her body on the premises.
Reports from San Juan del Sur on September 23 describe rebel fire delaying a train carrying American Marines en route to Granada. Admiral Southerland presses demands for surrender of Barranca fortress while negotiations with rebel leaders continue. Western powers monitor the crisis as Britain notes murders of two subjects and weighs action.
A commemorative medal was awarded to the Chicago and Northwestern Railway by the International Exposition of Hygiene at Dresden 1911 for its exhibit, as presented by the American Museum of Safety. Medals are being struck and will be sent soon. This marks the first German museum display of such an exhibit and suggests the safety movement may become worldwide.
In Rochelle Alabama on September 23 Jose Raminas of San Antonio Texas was shot and Francisco Basques was seriously wounded during a race quarrel among circus employees. Police seek a black suspect believed to have fired the shot.
Gordor Syle, a Middletown high school freshman, was left near death at Kyle's Station after a hazing ritual. He allegedly pushed a pencil across a gymnasium door with his nose while being kicked, causing severe spinal injury and brain involvement.
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